Change My Mind: For The Family

Excellent group game. We're using it for our teen speech club to encourage their persuasion skills.

This game is a lot of fun, but some of the cards aren't really that good for younger members of the family. The box says it's 13+, but one of the cards asks about waiting in line at the DMV and a 13 year old isn't going to know about that. There's a few more that are iffy, but in general, it's a great way to promote a good discussion.

Gameplay is very simple. You rank each card based on what's the best to what's the worst. The person who draws the card secretly ranks it the way they feel, then after everyone reveals, the debating begins and the person who draws can rearrange based on the discussion. Even young kids can get into that. We have a 5 year old who played along too. You'll never believe how animated people can get about which Harry Potter movie was the best until you play this game

We haven't actually played this as a full game with multiple players yet, but my 13-year-old son and I had a surprisingly great time just going through the cards together. We ended up laughing at the ridiculous questions, defending our very important opinions, and debating our stances back and forth.

Honestly, that alone made this game a winner for me. It's a great way to spark silly, low-pressure conversations with your young teenager who, if they're anything like mine, seems to become a little less conversational with their parent by the day.

The questions are fun and goofy enough that it doesn't feel like you're trying to get them to talk, and we had some genuinely funny conversations come out of it. I'm sure we'll eventually break it out for a proper family game night, but even just as a stack of conversation starters, we've already gotten a lot of enjoyment out of it.

Definitely a fun one to have around if you've got teens in the house!

This is such a fun game to have for family game night. Change My Mind: for The Family is really easy to figure out & it gets everyone talking, laughing, and definitely defending their opinions.

I really like that it isn't one of those games where you have to sit there forever reading complicated directions. You pick a topic, rank your choices, and then everyone gets to make their case for why they're right. Of course, everyone thinks their opinion is the correct one! Its especially fun with teenagers because they always have an opinion and are more than happy to argue their case. Its also a great game to pull out when you have friends or family over because you can jump right into it.

Definitely a fun addition to our game collection and one I think we'll be playing a lot, both at our home & our beach house. We love playing family games, so this is an awesome one that I was able to add. Its a small box, so easy to store/carry.

My husband and I really enjoyed this for date night! It's basically a game of trying to convince the other person to see things from your side, which led to some funny conversations and debates.
It's not a traditional board game, it's just a deck of cards, but we honestly didn't mind that at all. We had a lot of fun with it and it kept us entertained for about an hour. Definitely a fun option if you're looking for something simple to do together without having to set up a whole game. Good for date night as you adjust the rules for two people. Thought this was really fun and good quality cards. It can be played as quick or long as you want.

Change My Mind: For The Family is a fun game for family game nights, especially if your family enjoys debating silly topics and trying to convince each other. A lot of the entertainment comes from the answers people come up with and the arguments they make to defend their choices. Depending on who you're playing with, the conversations can get pretty hilarious.

The gameplay is straightforward and doesn't take long to understand. You don't have to spend half the night reading complicated instructions before everyone can start playing, which makes it easy to bring out when you just want something casual.

The rounds also move along at a good pace. You're constantly getting new topics and discussions, so it doesn't feel like you're sitting around forever waiting for your turn. It's also easy to play for a short time or keep going for a longer game night.

Despite being a debate-style game, the Family Edition keeps things appropriate for its intended 13+ audience, making it something you can bring out with teens and adults without needing the type of filtering some party games require.

There's a good amount of entertainment in the box for the price, especially since the experience changes depending on who's playing and what arguments everyone comes up with. That gives it more replayability than a game where you've essentially seen everything after playing once.

Overall, it's an easy-to-learn, quick-moving family game with plenty of humor. The rules provide the structure, but the personalities and ridiculous debates around the table are what really make it fun.

I decided to try this for family game nights because it sounded simple enough to get into without spending half the evening learning rules. The basic idea is easy: draw a topic, choose a side, and try to convince everyone else that your argument makes the most sense.

What makes it fun is that the prompts are built to create ridiculous debates instead of serious arguments. People end up defending opinions they normally would never care about, and that is where most of the laughs come from. It also works well with different group sizes since the game is more about conversation than keeping track of a complicated board or scoring system.

The family edition keeps the topics appropriate for a wider age range, although younger players may still need a little help explaining their reasoning on certain cards.

I like that it is completely standalone and easy to pull out for a quick round. It gets everyone talking, and the debates usually become funnier than the actual cards.

Excellent group game. We're using it for our teen speech club to encourage their persuasion skills.

This game comes in a nice and small box making it quite easy to slip in a purse or bag to play when visting people. The text on the cards are nice and large, with most of the questions being quite fun to debate about with others. I would say how your supposed to play the game (having a "judge" that your guessing what they would choose and arguing with them whats correct in order to get points) isn't as fun as just using this as a type of "20" questions debate. I had a lot of fun playing this with my family where we both just defended our choices without cointing any points.

The game is really easy to play and even easier to set up. I love that each of the ABCD coins are a different color so you can quickly diviup the coins to each player. However, I would say that I prefer the white-boards that come with other similar games to this coin method (BUT the coin method isn't bad, it just means you need a table to play).

The cards feel nice and sturdy, and the questions we wen't through seem all family friendly so it's a great family game. However, I'd agure it's an even better "first date" game. It's easy to bring with you can can easily be set up on a small coffe table and pass the time while not being as awkward as something like 20 questions. And if you're the type of person who likes these types of games, and the person your asking out isn't, well... I don't think you'd have all that much fun dating each other so I recommend ending it before you catch feelings.

We picked up Change My Mind: For The Family on a whim and now it's become a staple at every family gathering. The beauty of this game is how quickly you can jump in: the rules take less than a minute to explain, and suddenly you're in the middle of passionate (and ridiculous) debates about the most unexpected topics.

What really makes it shine is how it gets everyone talking and laughing. Even the quiet ones end up chiming in to defend their bizarre rankings. It's clever, fast-paced, and sparks the kind of witty back-and-forth that keeps the energy high from start to finish.

I love that it works perfectly on its own, but it also pairs seamlessly with the base game if you want to mix things up. Whether you're planning a game night, hosting a party, or just want something fun for date night, this is the kind of game that's easy to learn and hard to forget. Highly recommend adding this to your rotation you'll be quoting it long after the cards are put away.

We really enjoyed this as a family game. I ordered the Family Edition, so fortunately there were not any vulgar or inappropriate cards as mentioned in some other reviews. This was especially fun for my 13yo who loves to debate anything and everything and convince you that you're wrong. Did I mentioned she's 13? Haha. Anyway, it was fun for the 4 of us to play together, it was easy to learn, and compact enough that we can take it on vacation with us if we want. We like to take small games to play while we're away.

We have one family member who likes to be contrary in discussions just for the fun of it. This is the game for her! The entire family actually enjoyed it and had fun trying to guess people's rankings. It sparked laughter and discussion. So I consider it a win and a keeper. It's easy to learn and can be cooperative, too, which makes it even more of a win for me.

Change My Mind is such a fun and engaging game! The packaging is super enticing, and the topics are absolutely wild — you start debating the moment you open the box. It’s the perfect mix of laughter, conversation, and friendly competition. Highly recommend for anyone who loves clever, thought-provoking games!

Great way to create dialog, share opinions and debate.. LOL The rating/scoring is a little funky to follow, but the fun is in the challenges and answers. I'm a Boomer. Reminds me of the old college days when you would debate just to debate - about all kinds of stuff. Why DID the chicken cross the road? LOL

Good value for people who like lively interaction with each other. And WAY better than watching TV or being glued to your smart phone.

I picked this game because I was looking for something fun to play with family, and I think this will be just the thing.

Here's how it works: each player gets a card and secretly ranks their answers in order using tokens. The dealer then flips their own card and openly ranks their answers with tokens. From there, the fun begins, everyone else tries to convince the dealer why their order is actually the right one.

It reminds me a little of Two Truths and a Lie. In that game you're convincing people why they should believe you, and here you're convincing the dealer to see things your way. Same kind of playful debate, just with a new twist.

I can already tell this will lead to lots of laughter, creative arguments, and some surprisingly thoughtful discussions. I'm really looking forward to trying this with a bigger group, I think that's when it'll be at its best.

This "Change My Mind" family game has been a big hit with the adults and older grandkids. The game sparks debates that are silly, lighthearted, and hilarious, which makes it perfect for game night. My 17-year-old grandson especially enjoyed it and wanted to keep playing round after round. It's funny, family-friendly with a little prep, and a game we'll play again.

This is a quick, fun game for 4 or 5 people who like to talk. The basic premise is that one person (the Ranker) controls one round of the game. The Ranker picks one of about 40 preprinted cards, each of which has a different item to rank. Each player uses 5 supplied chips (about the size of a small poker chip) to indicate their individual ranking, with the catch that these rankings are hidden from the other players.

After everyone has finished their own rankings, the Ranker turns over his/her chips to show the Ranker's ranking. The game then begins in earnest, as the other players then try to get the Ranker to change his/her ranking through "logic" and "persuasion." Points are scored when a players ranks are the same as the Ranker's rankings.

After rankings are compared and points are scored, the status of Ranker passes to another player, and a new round begins.

The description offers the opportunity to "play it solo" -- but it's really difficult to imagine how that would work. In reality, the game needs at least 3 (preferably 4) people to make it fun.

One drawback is that there are chips for only 5 players. We made up our own score sheet (not supplied with this product) to allow up to about 8 or 9 people to play. (The image of the score sheet attached to this review is hereby put into the Public Domain without restrictions.)

Bottom line: This is a fun, clean, family-friendly game that can take anywhere from 30-60 minutes, depending on play style.

NOTE: There are two other versions on offer that are decidedly NOT family-friendly. The box for these versions aptly notes those versions are for 17+ age.

The original version of this game is extremely raunchy, so I was happy to see a family version of it. Unfortunately, when they took out the raunchiness, they took out most of the fun.

The basic idea is that three or more players each hear a card that lists five things to be ranked in order. One player is the "ranker" who makes their order public. Then the other players try to debate the ranker into changing their mind to more closely resemble their order. Whichever player comes closest to the ranker's order gets the card.

Unfortunately, most of the cards were really hard to care about one way or another. Most of them were just plain boring - breakfast foods, chocolate brands, that sort of thing. Some were silly like weird superpowers. Some were all so unpleasant it was hard to choose which one I'd least mind. And a few are still kind of raunchy ("Explosive Diarrhea") or inappropriate for younger kids ("Annoying AF", unless you want to explain what that stands for). Overall, we rarely felt passionate enough about our rankings to bother to debate much and rarely changed each other's minds. At least it's quick to learn, but we found we didn't want to play very long and skipped most of the cards. For fourteen bucks, it might keep you entertained for an hour or so.

My family came together this weekend to play games, and Change My Mind was a big hit.We had such fun debating if ticks are worse than bed bugs or if climate change is a bigger threat than an alien invasion. We laughed for hours as we made increasingly exaggerated scenarios to convince each other.

I ordered this family edition so we could play without inappropriate topics. However, it was such fun that now I'm going to go ahead and order the base game (that isn't actually necessary to enjoy this small set).

It was nearly instant to learn to play. The rules even allow for using the cards for conversation without keeping score if you wanted to use them that way. The cards are nice quality. The topics are not inappropriate, but they may be more relevant to older kids. My sons are grown so if was perfect for us.

The only caution I would offer is to stress that this family edition is a small box with a short stack of cards. It's still super fun and would be easy to carry along somewhere. But it is not a full sized game box.

This is a quick, fun game for 4 or 5 people who like to talk. The basic premise is that one person (the Ranker) controls one round of the game. The Ranker picks one of about 40 preprinted cards, each of which has a different item to rank. Each player uses 5 supplied chips (about the size of a small poker chip) to indicate their individual ranking, with the catch that these rankings are hidden from the other players.

After everyone has finished their own rankings, the Ranker turns over his/her chips to show the Ranker's ranking. The game then begins in earnest, as the other players then try to get the Ranker to change his/her ranking through "logic" and "persuasion." Points are scored when a players ranks are the same as the Ranker's rankings.

After rankings are compared and points are scored, the status of Ranker passes to another player, and a new round begins.

The description offers the opportunity to "play it solo" -- but it's really difficult to imagine how that would work. In reality, the game needs at least 3 (preferably 4) people to make it fun.

One drawback is that there are chips for only 5 players. We made up our own score sheet (not supplied with this product) to allow up to about 8 or 9 people to play. (The image of the score sheet attached to this review is hereby put into the Public Domain without restrictions.)

Bottom line: This is a fun, clean, family-friendly game that can take anywhere from 30-60 minutes, depending on play style.

NOTE: There are two other versions on offer that are decidedly NOT family-friendly. The box for these versions aptly notes those versions are for 17+ age.

We just got Change My Mind For the Family, and even before our first official round, it had us cracking up and having hilariously absurd conversations. This game is great for family game night, especially if you love creative, conversation-driven play.

Unlike strategy-heavy board games, this one puts the focus on the people in the room. You're not looking at pieces or obsessed with points; you're thinking about weird, unexpected, and delightfully silly topics. It's not about winning (though you technically can), but about the laughs and time together along the way. In that sense, it's more of a conversation catalyst than a competition, and that's an important part of what makes it fun and memorable.

The Family Edition comes in a small and flimsy 3.75" x 3.75" x 1.5" box. That poor quality box is the only real downside I can think of. The cards themselves are excellent, high-quality with large, easy-to-read print, and the cardboard tokens are solid. Even the instruction manual is thoughtfully done: short, clear, and easy to follow.

This edition is fully standalone, but it can also be combined with the original base set (intended for adults) or the NSFW version if you're playing with a different crowd. I'd group it with games like Cards Against Humanity in terms of simplicity, but the Family Edition keeps things clean and inclusive, no need to worry about inappropriate content.

It's priced in line with other conversation-based party games, which makes it a solid value, especially considering the quality of the cards and gameplay. That said, the box could definitely use an upgrade.

If you're looking for a fun and ridiculous way to spark laughter and connection, this game can do that. It's a fresh, low-pressure way to bring everyone together and get conversations going.

This is sort of like a mix between the games "Apples to Apples" and "Superfight." You get a card with a list of things on it and whoever's turn it is picks how they are ordering the list. This could be "best to worst," or "most annoying to least annoying," or something else. They get to pick the ordering scale, and then everyone orders their list, chips facing down. When done, the player whose turn it is flips their chips so they face up. Then everyone tries to change their mind on the listing order. The goal for other players is to convince the player whose turn it is to change their ordering to match. When they make their final selection, everyone checks how many chips match their order and they acquire points for each correctly matched chip. This can be fun, especially if your scale for ranking is ridiculous or if your participants are good at making silly arguments for their cases. If you have a group that isn't open to arguing their case, it can be stunted gameplay.

We enjoyed this simple game. The reason I'm not giving 5 stars is that the mechanism for sorting your rankings is a little cumbersome. It would be better to use magnets or maybe dry erase boards. This is also not so much a game as an icebreaker type activity or a party activity or something to help others have conversations. Having to sort your ranking on the table with little letters is kind of weird because I tended to forget how I sorted the rankings and had to keep peeking. For the "fun" with the family, that was enjoyable as it induced debates between family members. So overall, it was a fun activity, but I would recommend a different way to "rank" your choices - maybe even a paper for each player??